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It makes me happy to see photos from my friend Sara’s elementary school class, where they just got a really nice, helpful projector for her classroom with the help of DonorsChoose. DonorsChoose. You may want to consider checking it out today.

It makes me happy that Jeff came home from seeing Titanic (with Sarah…sorry, seeing that 3+ hr movie once is enough for my lifetime) all romantic and cute, ha ha.

It makes me happy to take the bus in the morning and see a beautiful blue lake across from me while I wait at the stop.

It makes me happy that I am not the only person in this office who swears under his/her breath at his/her desk.

QUESTION:
What exactly is a ‘proactive meeting’?

QUESTION:
Did you think you’d be able to do giants (6!) still at age 30?

(ANSWER:
No. But it’s pretty cool!)

QUESTION:
When is the last April 5 on which you smelled freshly-cut grass in Minnesota?

QUESTION:
Do you know “A FREQUENTLY TRAVELING MAAAAAAAAAAAAN!”??

QUESTION:
Did you do your taxes?

QUESTION:
Did you realize it is both Barb and Jenny’s birthday months?

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A List of Things I Can Do For You (the ‘Professional’ You):
-design a website
-make a website
-make a WordPress theme/site/set up a blog/etc.
-design a logo and/or other such things
-develop in Flash/Flex (even as these technologies are D-E-A-D DEAD)
-develop a (bare-bones, primitive) iPhone app in Xcode
-develop a (bare-bones, primitive) Android app (forthcoming)
-dabble in ASP/PHP/ColdFusion
-incorporate CSS3/vaguely HTML5
-develop CROSS-BROWSER and standards-wise
-write Javascript/be a JQuery DOMINATOR
-fix your production cycle/process
-prescribe a method for all sorts of things
-create wireframes
-create sitemaps/siteflow mapping
-write use cases (sort of)
-UX design (duh) and general graphic design (DUH), as mentioned above
-do pretty much anything expert in Photoshop
-do pretty much anything close-to-expert in Illustrator
-deal with InDesign/layout, sort of (I used to know Quark like a fiend…oh 9+ years ago….ha)
-draw things
-source things I can’t draw
-make icons
-design/develop your mobile website/figure that all out
-live tweet your event
-manage ‘social media’/whatever for your company
-manage projects/people/processes/’build relationships’ :P/alllll that annoying businessworldy stuff

ETC.

^ This list frightens me, actually. I’m not really sure how I managed to stack it up like that. Hmmmmmmmmm…

OUT!

ETA: And Connie’s birthday month. HAPPY 55 AUNT CONNIE! (who I hope does not read this site)